Warm magnet?

[gadgeteer123 21]

First off I know the coil and magnet gets warm when driven hard, but right now it is hooked up in my house to 250-300 watts rms, and I was watching a tv show at half volume, and I need to take my sub out afterwards because someone bought the box it was in, and i felt the magnet and it was luke warm. I am just wondering if this is normal and, if it gets warm at low power, how hot does it get when its driven at 1800rms for long term, in the car??

[thebiggmann12 14]

could have had a clipped signal in ur house stereo...that would have caused the sub to get hot and the heat would have just radiated in the box.

[gadgeteer123 21]

That did cross my mind, i am using my car amp, but the amp is only getting 25 amps of power, so maybe, but the thing is that I was watching a tv show, not a movie or music, it was star trek, and it was only about half way up. But maybe your right maybe not. idn.

[thebiggmann12 14]

idk either...i would probably just refrain from using ur sub in ur house and just wait till its in the car...and POST PICS!!!

[gadgeteer123 21]

I did post pics of it, its in the section ""15" xcon pics ""

[gadgeteer123 21]

Well I have no license until april, its so hard to wait.

[thebiggmann12 14]

lol i feel ya man...i was supposed to get mine back on the 14th of feb...not gonna happen...dont get caught driving on a suspended license...

[gadgeteer123 21]

I plat it safe, i don't drive at all, i just stay bored out of my mind, in my small village of 704 ppl

[jcarter1885 995]

Well I have no license until april, its so hard to wait.

Well that is usually the cause of people failing a subwoofer, not being able to wait and just want to hear it. Ive had my amp since July and havent installed it yet, subwoofer since November (yes Im dying to hear it but wont efff it up cause I cant be patient). You will not die if you dont hear your sub, be careful of how you play it (just because you have your gain halfway does not mean that is a good setting unless you tested).

[gadgeteer123 21]

I didn't say my gain was half way my volume was, which meant it was at half the volume that the amp could handle at 25amps, before it shuts off, so the amp wasn't driven hard under current conditions.

[jcarter1885 995]

I didn't say my gain was half way my volume was, which meant it was at half the volume that the amp could handle at 25amps, before it shuts off, so the amp wasn't driven hard under current conditions.

Well for future reference just becuase an amp doesnt shut off does not mean it has not been driven hard under current conditions, some shut off quicker than others while some shut off and never turn back on. You will never know unless you test it, whether or not you were driving it hard. Hopefully it was just heat dissipating and that was it, but be careful (those are my words of advise).

[KU40 173]

With only 300 watts you could clip the hell out of that amp and never blow the sub. Anything that has resistance and gets power applied through it warms up. That's it.

[kirill007 52]

Kind of weird, my sub (cerwin vega 10") is only 225W RMS and i power it with 200W RMS and at full power nothing is warm.

[gadgeteer123 21]

The amp is 1600rms the power supply powering it is only 25 amps, so it is only putting out a estimated 250-300 watts, but I will be careful, I love my xcon.

[NDMstang65 403]

99% of the energy that you put into the speaker is burned off and wasted as heat.

The motors are going to get warm. So long as the coil is not hot and you don't smell the coil it is normal.

[gadgeteer123 21]

Ok, thanks. I never went to check the coil, its cooled off by now, and I just sold my test enclosure that it was in, so I have to wait until I get my new one before I can check and see.